CODEBOOK FOR biden_logs_2021.csv

THIS DATA FILE IS USED BY visitor_logs_descriptives.R TO REPLICATE
THE COMPARISON MADE IN FOOTNOTE SI.19 BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF VISITORS 
IN OCTOBER 2009 DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND IN OCTOBER 2021 
DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.  

EACH ROW CORRESPONDS TO A VISIT FROM THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE VISITOR
LOGS WHICH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS RELEASED FOR 2021.  THESE LOGS 
WERE OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE'S WEBSITE.  THIS DATA 
FILE CONTAINS ALL VISITS (I.E., ROWS) PROVIDED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
AND ALL COLUMNS ARE DRAWN DIRECTLY FROM THOSE VISITOR LOGS WITHOUT 
MODIFICATION BY THE AUTHOR.

INFORMATION ABOUT VARIABLE VALUES (WHERE APPROPRIATE) ARE PROVIDED
IN PARENTHESES IN EACH VARIABLE DESCRIPTION.

NAMELAST--LAST NAME OF THE WHITE HOUSE VISITOR

NAMEFIRST--FIRST NAME OF THE WHITE HOUSE VISITOR

NAMEMID--MIDDLE NAME/INITIAL OF THE WHITE HOUSE VISITOR

UIN--UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.  NOTE: UINs ARE DUPLICATED OVER TIME, HENCE
THE AUTHOR'S ASSIGNMENT OF UNIQUE NUMERIC VALUES FOR EACH APPOINTMENT.

BDGNBR--THE NUMBER OF THE VISITOR ID BADGE ISSUED

ACCESS_TYPE--TYPE OF ACCESS PROVIDED TO THE WHITE HOUSE VISITOR

TOA--THE VISITOR'S TIME OF ARRIVAL

POA--THE LOCATION WHERE THE VISITOR ARRIVED

TOD--THE VISITOR'S TIME OF DEPARTURE

POD--THE LOCATION WHERE THE VISITOR DEPARTED

APPT_MADE_DATE--THE DATE THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE

APPT_START_DATE--THE DATE THE APPOINTMENT WAS SET TO START

APPT_END_DATE--THE DATE THE APPOINTMENT WAS SET TO END

APPT_CANCEL_DATE--THE DATE THE APPOINTMENT WAS CANCELLED, IF APPLICABLE

TOTAL_PEOPLE--THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPOINTMENT

LAST_UPDATEDBY--THE INITIALS OF THE PERSON WHO LAST UPDATED THE ENTRY

POST--UNKNOWN FIELD PROVIDED IN ORIGINAL DATA (ALL VALUES ARE EITHER BLANK 
OR "WIN")

LASTENTRYDATE--DATE THE VISIT WAS LAST UPDATED

TERMINAL_SUFFIX--THE INITIALS OF THE PERSON WHO LAST UPDATED THE ENTRY.  THIS FIELD
ALWAYS EITHER MATCHES THE VALUE IN "LAST_UPDATEDBY" OR IS BLANK.

VISITEE_NAMELAST--THE LAST NAME OF THE VISITEE

VISITEE_NAMEFIRST--THE FIRST NAME OF THE VISITEE

MEETING_LOC--THE LOCATION OF THE MEETING ON THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX

MEETING_ROOM--THE ROOM FOR WHICH THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED

CALLER_NAME_LAST--THE LAST NAME OF THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THE WAVES REQUEST

CALLER_NAME_FIRST--THE FIRST NAME OF THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THE WAVES REQUEST

CALLER_ROOM--THE ROOM LOCATION OF THE PERSON SUBMITTED THE WAVES REQUEST

RELEASE_DATE--DATE THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED THE VISITOR LOG ENTRY